Video: Charles Manchester on brokers' PI insurance
The CEO of Manchester Underwriting Management tells Insurance Age how brokers get their E&O insurance wrong.
Ahead of the 2016 Biba Conference, Charles Manchester, CEO of Manchester Underwriting Management, takes us through the dangers of underinsurance when it comes to brokers' own professional indemnity insurance.
Manchester also explains the possible effects of the Insurance Act, which will be implemented in August this year.
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